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A DOUBLE CELEBRATION AT ROCKINGHAM FOR WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY

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On Saturday, February 24th, first, Rockingham will be extolling the results of the historic house’s exterior renovation during a seven-month closure in 2023 and officially toasting the grand reopening (last September) of the house for tours with a 1:00 pm ceremony from the second-floor porch to kick off the afternoon’s celebrations. Announcements of future work to continue to ready the site for the 250th celebration of our country’s founding will be included. Then, George Washington will be cele

Stop Neglecting Stride: Accessible Techniques for Jazz Pianists (feat. William Hill III)

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Today, we’ll look at one of the most important styles in the history of jazz. It laid the foundation for swing, bebop, and countless piano traditions that followed. And that is Stride. Stride piano was born from Ragtime in the 1920s in Harlem, New York. It’s defined by a left hand that strides across the keyboard, alternating between a bass note on beats 1 and 3 and chord notes on beats 2 and 4. This gives a rhythmic oompa feel, while the right hand plays a melody and/or improvises, creating a fhttps://static.wixstatic.com/media/0ff667_83da2a687cf34a72830591e2cdc259b9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_563,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/0ff667_83da2a687cf34a72830591e2cdc259b9~mv2.jpg